Headlander
Fair · Action · 2016
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 5.7h
- Value
- $3.51/hr
- Reviews
- 90% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 550 Ti, AMD Radeon HD 7750, 4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a computer.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
November 2020 is where it bottomed out, at $1.99. Its cuts run 70 percent off as a rule. There have been 37 in the 10 years tracked, about 8 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 9 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Messenger ($19.99, scores 77) beats it on value, while it beats Valfaris ($24.99, scores 43).
74 from critics against 90 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
At 5.7 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
61% start to 5% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
I originally bought this game in 2016 for my chonky 18 inch laptop with a desktop grade Intel core i7-6700k GTX 980, it was fun then, its fun now. Currently rocking a Ryzen 7 7800X3D and RX 9070 XT, running the game at the maximum graphics preset in 4k, super sampled up to 8k, the game is beautiful and still gets over 60 FPS, about 67 on average. The game has fun mechanics and puzzle solving elements, and to beat...
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Cite this score
Headlander scores 55/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/340000/headlanderReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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